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Why Authentic Content Should Be at the Forefront of Your Company’s Marketing Strategy
Media today is the most powerful it’s ever been, and with the introduction of new channels to consume it daily, the consumer can become easily overwhelmed with a plethora of choices. How does your channel stand out? Authentic media might be the clickbait. With the likes of TikTok, YouTube, and streaming services like Spotify, […]
Insurance Providers Should Prioritize Solutions for Streamlining Pre-Authorization Processes
Prior authorization wastes medical and insurance providers’ time and can result in poor patient outcomes. Changes are likely as the federal government reviews legislation. Melanie Musson, a health insurance expert with USInsuranceAgents.com, reminds providers, “Health insurance providers should focus on creating better pre-authorization processes to improve efficiency and patient outcome.” Prior authorization has been […]
Provider & Payer Dynamics: Revenue Cycle’s Evolution
Pre-authorization is a word that is being tossed around more and more frequently in the healthcare world. Often referred to as pre-approvals, prior approvals, or prior authorizations, these are insurance-dictated restrictions on medicines, tests, or health services that require a check before insurance will officially cover the product or service. More than three quarters of […]
The Future of Farming is Drones and Autonomous Equipment
Farming is the back bone of this country, but that doesn’t mean it’s not vulnerable to the same market trends impacting service, blue collar and white collar industries. Namely, it’s vulnerable to a shortage of people interested in pursuing the profession as a career. Can drones and autonomous equipment help combat the labor shortage […]
Agriculture Supply Chain is Struggling to Weather Climate Change
The agriculture supply chain is getting hit left and right by climate challenges, from unstable hot temperatures crushing heat-intolerant coffee, to droughts choking California’s almond industry, to massive floods in China killing pigs and putting a damper on pork production. Not to mention, agricultural processes themselves are creating a positive feedback loop for climate change, […]
Will Mass Droughts Mean More Carbon Sequestration Investments?
As the climate crisis escalates, the search for successful mitigation methods escalates as well. Carbon sequestration is a naturally occurring form of regenerative agriculture that focuses on capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide. This method can help reduce the impact of climate change substantially. However, what do the recent intense droughts mean for carbon […]
How Will Updates to the Packers and Stockyards Act Shape Agriculture’s B2B Relationships?
In Biden’s anti-trust executive orders targeting anti-competitive practices in agriculture, the administration has emphasized the Packers and Stockyards Act as one of the critical laws that’ll be revised and enforced to protect farmers’ and growers’ interests. On this episode of Just the FAQts, we’re exploring the what and the why behind the Packers & […]
3 Ways Extreme Heat Can Hurt the Economy
As dozens of cities in the West experience all-time high temperatures, 2021 is expected to have one of the hottest summers on record. The extreme heat has caused hundreds of deaths, sparked wildfires and worsened drought conditions in over a dozen states. Business Insider cites a large body of work that links heat to economic […]
How Is the Biden Admin’s Attack on Anti-Competitive Policies Shaping Agriculture?
The Biden administration has set its sights firmly on breaking down anti-competitive practices across a wide range of industries, and the nation’s agricultural sector is beginning to feel the effects. According to the president, the executive orders the administration has issued are aimed at anti-competitive practices in agriculture like consolidation in chicken procession, meatpacking, sourcing […]
Virtual Reality is Transforming Agricultural Education
Today’s farmers, from family farms to large-scale agricultural concerns, are integrating state-of-the art technologies into their operations to increase crop yields and efficiently use water, fertilizer, and pesticides, decreasing negative environmental impacts and increasing worker safety. One aspect of this, controlled-environment agriculture (CEA), is a technology-based approach toward food production. CEA assists in providing protection […]
Virtual Reality is Transforming Agricultural Education
Today’s farmers, from family farms to large-scale agricultural concerns, are integrating state-of-the art technologies into their operations to increase crop yields and efficiently use water, fertilizer, and pesticides, decreasing negative environmental impacts and increasing worker safety. One aspect of this, controlled-environment agriculture (CEA), is a technology-based approach toward food production. CEA assists in providing protection […]
How Will Drones Play into the Future of Agriculture?
Both pilots and companies are navigating a thin line between security and innovation. Host Grant Guillot talks with leaders, influencers, and experts across the drone industry to guide us through the complex web of technology and policy in the United States. Drones in America host Grant Guillot looks at the future of American manufactured drones through […]